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Hemodynamic and metabolic effects of enalapril in patients with heart failure.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 1985-11)Placebo and enalapril were added on a double-blind basis to conventional treatment in 14 patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), New York Heart Association class II-III. The patients were followed for 14 weeks and ... -
Hemoglobin Kenya, the product of a gamma-beta fusion gene: studies of the family.
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1973-09) -
Hepatic changes induced by Schrebera alata (Hochst): a preliminary report on the toxicology of II kau kawa.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine, 1976-06)Schrebera alata is a deciduous fuel tree from which the Samburu people in Northern Kenya obtain bark for medicinal purposes. A pharmacologically active principle that produces analgesic effects can be extracted from the ... -
Hepatic coma as a presenting feature of constrictive pericarditis
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993) -
Hepatic microsomal protein and cytochrome P-450 in BALB/c mice infected with Leishmania
(Department of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya.Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1989)The effects of infection of mice with Leishmania major on liver microsomal protein and cytochrome P-450 were examined. The levels of hepatic microsomal protein and cytochrome P-450 were monitored at 6, 7, 9 and 12 weeks ... -
Hepatitis B antigen in a rural community in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1973)A random survey of hepatitis B antigen in a rural community in Kenya is reported. The results showed the development of antigenaemia during the third year of life. The highest prevalence was around 14 years and thereafter ... -
Hepatitis B antigen--a review.
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1978-08) -
Hepatitis B core antibody in volunteer blood donors in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, 1981-08)ABSTRACT NOT AVAILABLE -
Hepatitis B infection is highly prevalent among patients presenting with jaundice in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Background Viral hepatitis is a major concern worldwide, with hepatitis A (HAV) and E (HEV) viruses showing sporadic outbreaks while hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) viruses are associated with chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis ... -
Hepatitis B status and associated factors among participants screened for simulated HIV vaccine efficacy trials in Kenya and Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Introduction: Hepatitis B (HBV) prevalence remains high in Sub Saharan Africa and among some key populations such as those with continued exposure through sexual contact. We assessed the HBV status among potential participants ... -
Hepatitis B surface antigenaemia in Kenyans with chronic liver disease
(University of Nairobi, 1976)Fifty Kenyan patients with chronic liver disease or hepatocellular carcinoma were tested for hepatitis B surface antigenaemia by radioimmunoassay. The hepatitis B surface antigen was detected in 77% of the patients with ... -
Hepatitis B Virus And Primary Liver Cell Carcinoma. The Application Of Molecular Biology.
(University Of NairobiFaculty Of Medicine, 1986-06)Worldwide, primary liver cell carcinoma (PLC) is one of the most common tumours. Epidemiological evidence has implicated hepatitis B virus (HBV) in its aetiology and the mechanisms whereby HBV could operate at the genomic ... -
Hepatitis B virus DNA in fulminant hepatitis B.
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities Sciences, 1986) -
Hepatitis B virus infection among HIV-infected pregnant women in Malawi and transmission to infants.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-03)BACKGROUND & AIMS: The extent of HBV infection to infants of HBV/HIV-coinfected pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa is unknown. The aim of this study was to assess prevalence of HBV infection among antiretroviral-naïve, ... -
Hepatitis B virus replication in patients with chronic liver diseases
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1990)One hundred and seventy five subjects with chronic liver diseases which included patients with chronic active hepatitis (90), liver cirrhosis (31) and asymptomatic hepatitis B carriers (54), were included in the study. ... -
Hepatitis B virus, hepatocellular carcinoma and liver cirrhosis in Kenya.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 1993-04)Hepatocellular carcinoma is the third most common malignancy in Kenyan males occurring with a peak incidence at 40 years of age. A worldwide correlation has been noted between the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma and ... -
Hepatitis B, C & D viral markers in multitransfused thalassemic children: long-term complications and present management
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1995) -
Hepatitis C virus antibody in acute and chronic liver diseases in India
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1990) -
Hepatitis C virus infection is the major cause of severe liver disease in India
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1991)The present study describes the status of hepatitis C virus infection in 167 patients with severe forms of liver diseases in India. The anti-HCV positivity rate was recorded as 43%, 47%, and 42% in patients with FHF, SAHF, ...